US Navy amphibious landing ship seen a year prior to her decommissioning while moored at Pier X-ray, Naval Base Guam. At the time she was the third oldest active combatant in the US Navy, following her sister USS CLEVELAND and the carrier USS ENTERPRISE.

Type: Amphibious Transport Dock
Class: Austin
Operator: US Navy
Length: 173.00 m
Beam: 30.00 m
DWT: 7,855 t
Complement: 24 officer, 396 enlisted, 840 marines, 90 staff
Speed: 21 knots
Commissioned: September 1, 1967
Decommissioned: June 30, 2011
Builder: Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, MS
Yard Number: 1107
Homeport: Naval Base San Diego, CA
Motto: Our Country, Heritage & Future
Nickname: The Mighty 8